The 2025/26 Sheffield Shield season begins today – here's where to watch the competition, including TV channels and live streaming.
Sheffield Shield 2025/26: When and where will the matches take place?
This season starts on October 4, 2025, with the final scheduled from March 26-30, 2026. Ten different venues will host this season's competition:
- Adelaide Oval – 4 matches
- Allan Border Field – 1 match
- Bellerive Oval – 5 matches
- The Gabba – 3 matches
- Cricket Central – 2 matches
- Junction Oval – 3 matches
- Karen Rolton Oval – 1 match
- Melbourne Cricket Ground – 2 matches
- Sydney Cricket Ground – 3 matches
- WACA – 5 matches
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Sheffield Shield 2025/26, where to watch: TV channels and live streaming
Where to watch in Australia
In Australia, fans can watch the Sheffield Shield on Kayo Sports.
Where to watch in India
The Sheffield Shield will be streamed on FanCode in India.
Where to watch in Nepal and Sri Lanka
Styx Sports will show the Sheffield Shield in Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Where to watch in United Kingdom, USA, Caribbean, South Africa and more
In the rest of the world, the Sheffield Shield can be streamed on cricket.com.auand the CA Live app.
Sheffield Shield 2025/26: Full teams and squad lists
New South Wales: Sean Abbott, Pat Cummins, Joel Davies, Oliver Davies, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Matt Gilkes, Ryan Hadley, Liam Hatcher, Josh Hazlewood, Sam Konstas, Nathan Lyon, Nic Maddinson, Blake Nikitaras, Jack Nisbet, Kurtis Patterson, Josh Philippe, William Salzmann, Tanveer Sangha, Lachlan Shaw, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Charlie Stobo, Chris Tremain, Adam Zampa.
Queensland: Xavier Bartlett, Max Bryant, Hugo Burdon, Jack Clayton, Lachlan Hearne, Zanden Jeh, Hayden Kerr, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Angus Lovell, Michael Neser, Jimmy Peirson, Matthew Renshaw, Gurinder Sandhu, Jack Sinfield, Mark Steketee, Tom Straker, Mitch Swepson, Callum Vidler, Hugh Weibgen, Tom Whitney, Jack Wildermuth.
South Australia: Wes Agar, Jordan Buckingham, Alex Carey, Brendan Doggett, Daniel Drew, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mackenzie Harvey, Travis Head, Henry Hunt, Hanno Jacobs, Spencer Johnson, Thomas Kelly, Jake Lehmann, Ben Manenti, Nathan McAndrew, Conor McInerney, Nathan McSweeney, Harry Nielsen, Lloyd Pope, Jason Sangha, Liam Scott, Henry Thornton.
Tasmania: Marcus Bean, Gabe Bell, Jackson Bird, Iain Carlisle, Jake Doran, Kieran Elliott, Nathan Ellis, Bradley Hope, Matt Kuhnemann, Caleb Jewell, Riley Meredith, Lawrence Neil-Smith, Mitch Owen, Will Prestwidge, Nivethan Radhakrishnan, Jordan Silk, Billy Stanlake, Charlie Wakim, Tim Ward, Jake Weatherald, Beau Webster, Mac Wright.
Victoria: Liam Blackford, Scott Boland, Dylan Brasher, Ashley Chandrasinghe, Xavier Crone, Harry Dixon, Sam Elliott, Peter Handscomb, Sam Harper, Marcus Harris, Campbell Kellaway, Jai Lemire, Blake Macdonald, Glenn Maxwell, Cam McClure, David Moody, Todd Murphy, Fergus O'Neill, Mitch Perry, Tom Rogers, Matt Short, Will Sutherland, Doug Warren.
Western Australia: Cameron Bancroft, Mahli Beardman, Hilton Cartwright, Cooper Connolly, Brody Couch, Keaton Critchell, Joel Curtis, Sam Fanning, Cameron Gannon, Cameron Green, Jayden Goodwin, Aaron Hardie, Liam Haskett, Baxter Holt, Josh Inglis, Bryce Jackson, Matthew Kelly, Mitch Marsh, Lance Morris, Joel Paris, Jhye Richardson, Corey Rocchiccioli, Ashton Turner, Sam Whiteman, Teague Wyllie.
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